Re: RC: Efficient gaits question

[Tivers@aol.com]

In a message dated 4/2/99 12:58:52 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
fasterhorses@gilanet.com writes:

<< Yeah, Maureen, it's always been my understanding about the trot,
 endurance and the 2 foot on the ground thing.  But like I said, after
 seeing Virl just loping away there, it seemed like my horse, who really
 loved to trot and had a very fast one, like you described, was actually
 working much harder than his horse.  Of course, that grey of Virl's had
 real long legs, and my Froggie was just 14.3, 3/4 Arab 1/4 Welsh and
 looked a lot like a cute pony (still does, at 26).
  >>

Interesting. We do a lot of work on the high speed treadmill and monitor 
heartrates all the way. One of the problems in breaking horses to the 
treadmill is convincing them it's safe to go ahead and switch from trot to 
gallop. So, generally in the breaking process they're always going faster at 
the trot before breaking into a lope than they would out in the field. The 
drop in heartrate under these circumstances, once the transition is made, is 
gigantic.

ti


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